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UNITED `"STATES PATENT CEEIcE.

WESLEY N. wHELESS, 0F AUGUSTA, GEoReiA.

PENCIL-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 4Letters Patent No. 377,974, datedFebruary 14, 1888.

Application filed May 13, 1887. Serial No. 238,098. (No model.) y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY N. WHELESS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Augusta, county of Richmond, State of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Inlprovemenis in Pencil-Sharpeners, of which thefollowing is a full and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention consists in the combination, with a pencil-Sharpener, of aname-plate or stamp, as hereinafter described.

My invention further consists in the combination, with apencil-Sharpener, of a nameplate or stamp and an ink-pad and cover, ashereinafter set forth.

The invention further consists in the combination, with apencil-sharpener, of a tube projecting from one side thereof, and at aright angle thereto, the said tube adapted to receive one endl of apencil, and thus form either a pencilhead or point-protector, ashereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Myinvention further consistsin certain details of construction andcombinations of parts, all of which are hereinafter fully described andSpecifically claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device with its starnpcover thrownopen. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of same. Figs. 3 and 4are longitudinal horizontal sections through the center of the conicalrecess of the Sharpener. Fig. 5 represents the sharpeningblade. Fig. 6is a modification of Fig. 1; and Fig. 7 is a horizontal longitudinalsection of the Sharpener proper, as Shown in Fig. 6.

On the drawings, the letter A designates a block or tube, having aconical recess, B, the apex of which is provided with an inclined orenlarged opening, c. At one side of the conical recess and extendingnearly the whole length of same is a discharge slit or opening, d, and aknife-blade or Sharpener, e, the latter of sufficient length to projectinto the inclined or enlarged opening at the apex of the conical recess,so as to trim the eXtreme point of a pencil when operated thereon. Theinner end of the knife-blade is provided with a ilesur face, as shown ate; but the ilesurface portion may be made in a separate piece oromittedaltogether, if desired.

If the device be made of a solid block, as Shown in Figs. 1,2, 3, and 4,the top, bottom, andV sides of Same should be niade fiat, the

front end square therewith and the rear end provided withrearwardly-projecting lugs f, forpivoting thereto a suitable cover, G.The inside of the latter. is adapted to receive an ink-pad, h, ofsufficient thickness to press upon the name-plate i, which is preferably6C made of rubber and cemented to or otherwise secured on the uppersurface. of -the device.

The letter k designates a coil-spring, which is fitted around the pivotor rod, whereby the cover is connected with the lugsj', so that one 65end of the spring shall impinge against the end of the block and theother end against the inside of the cover, and thus serve to auto-lmatically open the latter when its catch Z,

formed at the front end of Same, is released from the securing-notchshown at Z.

The underside of the block is provided with a thimble or tube, m, theinner diameter of which is about equal to that of an ordinarylead-pencil, so as to receive either end of same, 7 5

and thus serve as a pencil-header point-protector.

Instead of forming the main part of my device of a solid block, as abovedescribed, I

propose making the Sharpener proper of coni- 8o cal outside form, withturned or reduced ends, as shown at n n in Fig. 7,- so as to form meansfor connecting same with the name-plate or stamp foundation, which ismade by cutting and bending or stamping a piece of flat metal so as toproduce a iiat upper Surface for the stamp, end lugs for receiving thepin or pivots, whereby the cover is secured thereto, anddownwardly-projecting ends o o', with a central hole in each forreceiving the reduced 9C ends of the sharpening-tube, which I secure inposition by pressing the ends o o'V of the plate down on the shouldersthereof, and by slightly expanding the ends of the tube, so as to moresecurely hold the same in position.

a name-plate or stamp, for thepurpose set lroo forth.

2. In combination with a pencil-sharpener y Having described myinvention,what I claim having a name-platen; tamp connectedthcreanoutwardlyfprojecting eide tube Lfm'nnig an with, an ink-pad and coveradapted to t over integral part thereof, said tube adapted to rethestamp when not in use, as specified. ceive either end of a pencil, andthus form 3. In combination with a penci1sharpener i either apencil-head or point-protector, sub- 15 5 provided With a name-plate orstamp, a pivstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

oted cover adapted to close over the name- In testimony whereof Iaix mysignature in plate or stamp, an ink-pad arranged Within presence of twoWitnesses.

the cover, and a spring for automatically open- 'WESLEY N. WHELESS. ingthe cover when its catch is released, subtneSSeS:

Io stantially as described. F. T. HAMMOND,

l FRANK G. FORD.

4. In combination with a pencil-Sharpener, A

